Truth To Power | Ranked Choice Voting | 6-11-21

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English - June 12, 2021 01:06 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
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This week on Truth to Power, we will talk about Ranked Choice Voting, with Ken Carpenter of Rank The Vote, Kentucky and Geoff Young, Candidate for Congress in the 6th District of Kentucky.

We will talk about these issues and more:
What is ranked choice voting? How does rank choice voting work? What are the benefits of right choice voting?
Will Ranked Choice Voting engage a greater number of eligible voters? Why or why not?
Eliminating vote splitting and spoiled elections.
Requiring candidates to win a majority of votes.
Promoting civility in campaigning.
Disincentivizing negative campaigning.
Give non establishment candidates a substantial chance of winning, whether third party or anti establishment republicans or democrats.
Creating political parity for females and minorities.
Eliminate the issue of electability, which gives the media too much power.
Where has RCV been used?
What does RCV have to do with pizza toppings?